Jonesboro, GA
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Tactics Used |
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Reverse stings | ✓ |
Shaming | ✓ |
Auto seizure | ✓ |
Community service | ✓ |
Public education | ✓ |
Neighborhood action | ✓ |
SOAP orders | ✓ |
John school | ✓ |
Letters | ✓ |
Cameras | ✓ |
Web stings | ✓ |
License suspension | ✓ |
Jonesboro, a city of about 5,000 residents, is located about 20 miles south of Atlanta in Clayton County, Georgia. The city is known to have a substantial level of prostitution activity in a variety of venues, including massage parlor brothels, online advertisements, and encounters arrange for at local motels. Sex trafficking has also been documented in the community, including a 2014 case in which a couple was charged with trafficking a 16-year-old girl. Targeted attacks on prostituted women have also been documented.
To address community complaints about prostitution, one of the approaches used by local law enforcement is the targeting of consumer-level demand for commercial sex. Reverse stings have been used in this city since at least 2007. In that year, as a result of community complaints, the Clayton County Police Department conducted a reverse sting that resulted in the arrests of 11 men. Although their names were not disclosed, the CCPD has released the names of johns following subsequent operations.
Key Partners
- Clayton County Police Department
Key Sources
- Street-Level Reverse Stings (with Shaming after 2008):
- Sex Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation in the Area:
- “Local Pair Face Federal Human Trafficking Charges”, Clayton News Daily, May 20 2011.
- “Police Find Runaway in Clayton County Motel”, Clayton News Daily, July 11 2011.
- “Missing Teen Found Working as a Prostitute in Clayton County”, Atlanta Examiner, July 12 2011.
- “Sex Trafficker Convicted”, Clayton News Daily, July 19 2012.
- “Jonesboro Woman Charged with Human Trafficking”, Clayton News Daily, February 14 2013.
- “Alleged Pimp Indicted in Attack on Teenage Girl”, Clayton News Daily, April 12 2013.
- Documented Violence against Individuals Engaged in Prostitution in the Area:
- “Suspect Allegedly Said He Was Going to ‘Murder’ Someone”, Clayton News Daily, January 30 2012.
- “Man Indicted for Allegedly Killing Escort”, Clayton News Daily, October 26 2012.
- “Alleged Pimp Indicted in Attack on Teenage Girl”, Clayton News Daily, April 12 2013.
- “Alleged Pimp Indicted in Assaults”, Clayton News Daily, July 5 2013.
State | Georgia |
Type | City |
Population | 3911 |
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